> My current (non-working) attempt is:
> 
> <xsl:template match = "person">
>     <xsl:variable name="myindex" select = "@index"/>
>     <a  href="namelist.xml?key='$myindex'"><xsl:value-of select
> ="."/></a>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> Which gives me the literal '$myindex' instead of the value of
> the variable $myindex
> in the output. I dimly grasp I need an <xsl:value-of select =
> $myindex/> somewhere,
> but it isn't allowed inside the expression I'm trying to build
> in its current form.

You can use curly braces instead of xsl:value-of in cases like these: 

<a  href="namelist.xml?key='{$myindex}'"><xsl:value-of select="."/></a>

Linda


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